Projects
FTIR-PLUS: A multipurpose Infrared Spectrometer for analysis of materials, including 'operando' spectroscopy and luminescence analysis Ghent University
Infrared Spectroscopy is the workhorse in any chemical lab. It is also a very versatile technique, which can be applied to gases, liquids, solids, thin layers, chemical processes. Another very interesting application is 'operando' spectroscopy: measuring the properties of materials under operational conditions, for example the analysis of a heterogeneous catalyst at elevated temperature and in active contact with the reagents.
The ...
Hybrid stimuli responsive nanocarriers containing persistent luminescence nanoparticles: Applications in biosensing / bioimaging and theranostics Hasselt University
Shedding light on medieval landscape transformation in the North Sea coastal plain: an interdisciplinary approach combining retrogressive analysis, deposit modeling and optically stimulated luminescence profiling and dating Vrije Universiteit Brussel
North Sea coastal plain during the Middle Ages, and the strategies
people developed to live in this wetland landscape, especially for the
earliest phases of reclamation in the first millennium AD, which are
currently neither well-studied nor well-understood. This requires
identifying, examining and accurately dating the traces of earlier
...
Quality assurance in Radiotherapy by optically stimulated luminescence dosimetry KU Leuven
The current project investigates 2D dosimetry system to execute patient-specific Quality Assurance of radiotherapy treatments. The main focus of the research is the reduction of the energy dependence of an Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) pre-treatment dosimetry system. The research first optimizes and analyses the energy dependence of the dosimeter based on Z-effective calculations and standardized measurements performed on clinical ...
Next generation biosensors for luminescence lifetime imaging-assisted organoid engineering Ghent University
Progress in molecular imaging of tissue-engineered constructs is currently limited by the poor realisation of sensor biocompatibility (design, delivery, toxicity and performance within the biological material) and the lack of standardised well-accepted assay procedures. I will address these issues by capitalizing on my group’s recent pioneering work in luminescence lifetime imaging microscopy of tissue engineering of adult stem ...
Porous Anionic Metal-Organic Frameworks: Exhibiting Luminescence and Photocatalytic Activity by Encapsulating Metal Complexes via Post-Synthetic Ionic Exchange Ghent University
The goal of this project is to create a new generation of photocatalysts to produce chemicals and to create white LEDs by encapsulating interesting cationic complexes into negatively charged scaffolds (anionic MOFs). Metal-Organic Frameworks received a lot of attention in the last 15 years, as they are porous crystalline materials with highly tunable porosity in the nanometer range. As they are formed by a combination of inorganic bricks with ...
A luminescence microscope for the spectroscopic analysis of single photons Ghent University
The continuous downscaling in photonics results in components with ever smaller dimensions that operate with ever lower power. Here, the repetitive emission and detection of individual photons constitutes the ultimate limit.
The proposed microscope is a unique setup that enables a consortium of researchers to analyse materials and devices with visible and infrared spectroscopy down to the single photon limit.
Beyond sediments: luminescence chronometry of consolidated rocks Ghent University
The project develops two innovative areas of research: (i) luminescence-thermochronology and (ii)rock surface exposure dating. The first aims at providing chronologies for recent development of mountainous and tectonic topography and geomorphology; the second at determining the time that elapsed since hard-rock surfaces, with cultural, archaeological or geological significance, became either shielded from or exposed to sunlight.
Luminescence dating of loess using a robust feldspar IRSL method Ghent University
Eurasian loess deposits preserve important records of Pleistocene climate and environmental change. However, their full significance can only be revealed once a reliable absolute chronology is established. The overall objective of the research programme is to contribute to an improved understanding of the time-relationship between the widespread loess sequences and the signatures of regional climate changes archived within these deposits. To ...